Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other components of the programme are a small grant to study urban environmental management : a series of seminars on environmental conservation and development , and a conference on the siting of hazardous technological facilities ; a joint ESRC/NERC research fellowship in Common Agricultural Policy impact studies and a joint ESRC/AFRC research project looking at the interaction of technology , attitude and policy in the practice of crop protection . |
| 2 | Around this entrance were a small group of tinkers and pedlars selling brightly coloured ribbons , gloves , plums and green apples . |
| 3 | The memory card is a small plastic card about the size of a credit card . |
| 4 | The guest bedroom is a small room with a tiny window , and it has nothing in it but a single bed , a lamp on a nightstand and Jesus hanging , plain and formidable , above the bed , I sit above the covers , staring into space . |
| 5 | We might even feel that any financial loss is a small price to pay for the satisfaction which woodturning brings . |
| 6 | On the north side is a small block of red sandstone bow-windowed apartments built at the turn of the century , after the handsome private villas . |
| 7 | This may not necessarily be useful to a band if the agent is a small or new company . |
| 8 | The Sulawesi warty pig is a small , fierce animal , weighing up to 80kg , with well developed facial warts . |
| 9 | A closed mind is a small mind ! |
| 10 | What I have in mind is a small selection of visual material with a minimum of caption text . |
| 11 | Orkney Islands Council 's Social Work Department is a small one . |
| 12 | The Department is a small but happy one ! |
| 13 | Completing the AIB complement is a small secretarial and administrative staff and an information officer who is , in reality , the custodian of all papers , reports and information generally relating to aircraft accidents of all kinds throughout the world . |
| 14 | It would have been sufficient for me to say : ‘ A duiker is a small antelope . ’ |
| 15 | LEFT The Wire-haired Dachshund is a small hound , evolved originally for hunting badgers . |
| 16 | The price the Government has put on the water industry is a small fraction of the values of the assets shown in the prospectus . ’ |
| 17 | When I refer to ‘ large quantities ’ I mean only that they are large in comparison with the amount of other types of bait one would normally use , i.e. 1lb of tares represents many thousands of particles , whereas 1lb of groundbait is a small amount . |
| 18 | A richer alternative is a small proportion of ground almonds . |
| 19 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |
| 20 | Wenlock Manor was a small Georgian country house , which had been sold as a hotel twenty years ago . |
| 21 | Taking the lead against the coalition was a small but implacable group of diehards ; they were never more than a few dozen in the Commons and , although they attracted shifting support on particular issues , they never threatened the coalition majority . |
| 22 | The result was a small foot in the proportions likely to be found at Hadar . |
| 23 | At the back of my mind was a small , warning voice , telling me it was ridiculous to go on with this , that I could n't change Nonni 's mind , nor would it alter anything if I could . |
| 24 | Over the doorway was a small plaque . |
| 25 | On top of the roof was a small gun . |
| 26 | Tucked behind the dock was a small sheaf of papers , old letters and bills , perhaps , pushed there and forgotten , presumably by the last tenants . |
| 27 | The car was a small yellow Volkswagen . |
| 28 | Past it and through yet another archway was a small vestibule , off which was a perfectly adequate bathroom , and another door to the sun terrace . |
| 29 | There was a spontaneous revolt against the local authority by Meadowell tenants over rents and repairs but , until 1974 , Tyne mouth was a small non-Labour controlled authority with a quiescent and right-wing Labour party . |
| 30 | My own wedding was a small affair with just two dozen of our closest friends and relations present . |